MKU, German University sign partnership pact.

Mount Kenya
University and Bonn–Rhein-Sieg University of Germany have signed an agreement that
will see the two institutions cooperate in teaching, research, development and other
areas.

The four-year project, which is being funded by the German
Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), will be cascaded to other universities in the
country and the continent in general.

“The academic cooperation between the universities will make
possible the strengthening of partnership between the two countries and
facilitate a deeper understanding of their living and working conditions,” the
agreement read.

The agreement was signed by MKU Vice-Chancellor Prof Stanley
Waudo and the president of Bonn–Rhein-Sieg University Prof Hartmut Ihne, on
behalf of their institutions.

The cooperation will be chiefly concerned with the exchange
of academic, technical and administrative employees, students in undergraduate
programmes, the establishment of direct data links and other electronic
communication and the publication of joint papers and technical communication
on collaborative work.

Others areas will include the organisation of conferences,
seminars and workshops. It will also involve dissemination and certification of
study and research programmes.

Each host institution will assist in locating accommodation
for staff and students in the exchange programmes.

Kenyatta University will also benefit from the programme but
its details on the collaboration have not been made public.

The vice-chancellor or other senior management staff could
not be reached for comment.

Mt Kenya and Kenyatta are the only two African universities
in the four-year-long project.